Current Waiting Time For Citizenship Australia
A number of people from refugee backgrounds are facing significant delays in their application for Australian citizenship. The Refugee Council of Australia has been researching and advocating about this issue for the last two years.In December 2016, we successfully challenged the Minister’s delay in deciding these applications in the case of.We are talking to the Department about what can be done and what has been done.
USCIS Updates Projected Naturalization Processing Times. That will result in processing times longer than the 10-12 month national average. USCIS will continue to shift resources to ensure that all local offices achieve the goal of five month processing times. The processing time varies for different Australia PR programs. Visa sub-class 189 and 190 takes up to total of 7 months in process, whereas, visa sub-class 489 takes up a time period of 1 year. Below is the step by step processing time for 3 sub-class visas. Anger as wait times for Australian citizenship blow out. About 75 per cent of would-be Australians are waiting up to 13 months for decisions on their applications, new Home Affairs data shows. Wait times for Australian citizenship have rapidly blown out by several months, fanning fears applicants are being forced to put their lives on hold.
We are working together to provide more information to those affected, and so that they can process more quickly.We will continue to advocate and work on this issue. Unfortunately, we are a small organisation and are unable to help with individual requests. We cannot provide legal advice or support to complete your application.
We will update you by email on any progress on our advocacy. Why is this happening?There are two main reasons why this is happening. First, the number of people applying, including people who have been refugees, is much larger than before, but the Government has not given more money to process applications.Second, there have been changes to the way the Department confirms a person’s identity. The Department is now looking for identity information from before you came to Australia, in the country or countries you came from and lived in. This is taking much longer.
What you can do Collect genuine information to support your applicationThe Immigration Department may ask you to provide more documents to prove your identity. While you are waiting for your application to be processed, you can collect as many documents as possible to support your application.
Current Waiting Time For Australian Citizenship
You can send them to the Department before they ask for them.You must not provide false or fraudulent documents. If you cannot be sure that the document is real, do not give it to the Department.You may not have many documents from your time before Australia.
Posted on 26 October 2017 Categories:, Comments are off for this post Update01 July 2018Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton did not table before the Parliamentary Winter break. He will probably try again so keep an eye on the Oz Kiwi website for.Senator Pauline Hanson tabled a in February 2018, but it is highly unlikely to be passed.Apply for citizenship before 1 July 201826 October 2017The announced on 20 April 2017 will not be implemented after the was by the Senate on 18 October 2017.Despite this, Peter Dutton still intends. If you on or after 1 July 2018 (subject to the legislation passing) you will need to have resided as a permanent resident for four years.Time spent residing as a will not count towards the four years as PR. People granted the should from residing for four years as PR.The new Bill is yet to be drafted, but the should be listed on the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) website once the legislation is tabled.
Already applied for citizenship?If you applied for Australian citizenship before, on or after 20 April 2017, but before 1 July 2018, your application will be processed under the current rules. You’ll be required to have reside in Australia for four years with at least the last year as a permanent resident. Backlog of applicationsThe Dept of Home Affairs currently has a backlog of almost 120,000 citizenship applications due to uncertainty caused by the on 20 April 2017. Processing times are likely to increase from to over 18 months, including attending a ceremony.
Current Waiting Time For Citizenship
Apply for citizenshipAnyone eligible should before 1 July 2018 to avoid having to reside as permanent resident for four years.(PSCVs) will not be impacted by any change to the permanent residency requirement as they are considered permanent residents whilst in Australia. Oz Kiwi still strongly recommends that PSCVs. This is the best way to ensure your rights are protected in Australia.